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Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson
(January 31, 1919 – October
24, 1972)
The first African-American major league baseball
player of the modern era in 1947.[1] While not the first African
American professional
baseball player in United States history, his Major League debut
with the Brooklyn Dodgers ended approximately eighty years of
baseball segregation, also known as the baseball color line. In the United
States at this time, many white people believed that blacks and
whites should be segregated or kept apart in many phases of life,
including sports and daily life. The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted
Robinson in 1962 and he was a member of six World Series teams.
He earned six consecutive All-Star Game nominations and won several
awards during his career.
Please visit the:
Jackie Robinson Scholarship Foundation |
The 1958 Los Angeles
Dodgers played 154 games during the regular
season, won
71 games, lost 83 games, and finished in
seventh position.
They played their home
games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
(Park Factors:
103/104) where 1,845,556
fans witnessed their 1958 Dodgers finish
the
season with a .461 winning percentage.
(source:
Baseball Almanac.com)
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The Los Angeles Coliseum History
Among other sporting events held at the Coliseum
over the years was Major League Baseball, which was held at the
Coliseum when the
former Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League relocated to Los
Angeles in 1958. The Dodgers played here until Dodger Stadium
was completed in time for the 1962 season, despite the fact that
the
Coliseum's one-tier, oval bowl shape was extremely poorly suited
to baseball. There was virtually no foul territory along the
first base line, but a large amount along the third base line.
Some seats
were as far as 710 feet from the plate. |
COMING
SOON!!
I recently went out to Petco Park to watch
the Los Angeles Dodgers battle the
LAST PLACE San Diego
Padres.
A
special "thanks" to all the Dodger
Fans who honked at me
on the way to and
from Petco Park. Thanks to the
fans who
bought the first round of...refreshments
and
double
thanks to the fans who sung
"Take me out to the
ballgame"
with me.
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Have you ever wondered what the prices were around town
and the baseball park in 1958 compared to 2008? Take a look at
the price
jump
and think how much it would have cost you to treat your family to
a day/night game at the ballpark in 1958. Go Dodgers! |
